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package org.mybatis.guice.binder;

import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;

import org.apache.ibatis.type.TypeHandler;

/**
 * Bind the given {@code TypeHandler} to an already defined type.
 */
public interface TypeHandlerBinder<T> {

  /**
   * Bind the given {@code TypeHandler} to an already defined type.
   *
   * @param handler
   *          The {@code TypeHandler} has to be bound
   */
  void with(Class<? extends TypeHandler<? extends T>> handler);

  /**
   * Bind the given {@code TypeHandler} to an already defined type.
   *
   * @param handler
   *          The {@code TypeHandler} has to be bound
   */
  void with(TypeLiteral<? extends TypeHandler<? extends T>> handler);

  /**
   * Bind the given {@code TypeHandler} to an already defined type.
   *
   * @param handler
   *          The {@code TypeHandler} has to be bound
   */
  void withProvidedTypeHandler(Class<? extends TypeHandler<? extends T>> handler);

  /**
   * Bind the given {@code TypeHandler} to an already defined type.
   *
   * @param handler
   *          The {@code TypeHandler} has to be bound
   */
  void withProvidedTypeHandler(TypeLiteral<? extends TypeHandler<? extends T>> handler);

}
